2014届高考英语一轮-Unit-5-Meeting-your-ancestors指导活页作业-新人教版选修8.doc

选修8 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
一、单项填空
1．—Would you mind giving your advice on how to improve our business management?
—If you make ______ most of the equipment，there will be ______ rise in production.
A．/；/　　　　　　　　　　 B．/；a
C．the；a D．the；/
解析：考查冠词的用法。第一个空考查固定搭配：make the most of“充分利用”；第二个空rise作“晋升，提高”时常用作可数名词。
答案：C
2．The weather turned out to be fine yesterday.I ______ the trouble to carry my umbrella.
A．should have taken B．needn’t have had
C．needn’t have taken D．mustn’t have taken
解析：考查情态动词表示推测。needn’t have done表示“本没必要干某事而干了”，并且take the trouble to do sth.是固定搭配“不辞劳苦地干某事”。
答案：C
3．—Do you mind if I smoke here?
—______.I’ve got a cough these days.
A．I’m afraid I do B．Of course not
C．No trouble at all D．Yes，just go ahead
解析：考查交际用语。I’m afraid I do表示委婉地拒绝对方，符合语境“我这几天有点咳嗽”。No trouble at all意为“不客气”；B、C两项都表示“赞同吸烟”，不符合语境。
答案：A
4．At the school opening ceremony，our headmaster required us students to raise our competitive ______ in modern society.
A．awareness B．ambition
C．spirit D．intention
解析：考查名词辨析。awareness表示“意识”。句意：校长在开学典礼上要求我们学生提高在当今社会的竞争意识。
答案：A
5．After ______ was about ten minutes，the teacher gave the students the correct answer to the question.
A．that B．it
C．which D．what
解析：句意：大约十分钟后，老师给出了那个问题的正确答案。此处的after只能看作介词，后面跟的是宾语从句，又因为宾语从句中缺少主语，因此用what。
答案：D
6．______ a tough job market，fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.
A．Facing with B．Faced with
C．Faced up with D．Facing to
解析：考查非谓语动词。分词的逻辑主语是fresh graduates，与face with之间为被动关系，因此用过去分词作状语。
答案：B
7．I’m going to continue my work，______ what they say about me，until one day I find the real cause of the disease.
A．instead of B．in favor of
C．regardless of D．in terms of
解析：考查介词短语辨析。句意：不管他们对我评论如何，我都会继续我的工作，直到发现这种疾病的真正起因的那一天。regardless of表示“不管，不顾”，符合语境。
答案：C
8．______ may reflect the cultural difference from one aspect.
A．Fashion differs from country to country
B．What fashion differs from country to country
C．Which fashion differs from country to country
D．That fashion differs from country to country
解析：考查that引导的主语从句。句意：不同国家时尚的不同可以从一个方面反映出文化的差异。此题易错选A项。
答案：D
9．To the surprise of everyone，no official______ has been given for the medicine to be produced next month.
A．admission B．administration
C．permission D．decision
解析：考查名词辨析。give sb.permission (to do sth.) “许可某人(做某事)”。句意：令大家惊讶的是，这种下个月即将投产的药竟然到现在还没有得到官方的许可。
答案：C
10．The Beatles，______ many of you are old enough to remember，came from Liverpool.
A．for B．though
C．as D．since
解析：as引导非限制性定语从句表示“正如”。句意：Beatles乐队，正如你们能记住的那样，来自利物浦。
答案：C
11．—Did you criticize him for the mistake he made in his work?
—Yes，but ______ it.I regret having done that.
A．I’d rather not do
B．I’d better not do
C．I’d better have not done
D．I’d rather not have done
解析：would rather后接完成式，表示对已发生的事情感到自责，具有虚拟的语气，其否定式，须在rather后加not。
答案：D
12．Some warned that step the US government has taken to cope with the current crisis is ______ much risk.
A．one of B．the one of
C．the one D．that one
解析：考查代词。one表示泛指“一个”。句意：有人警告说美国政府为应对当前危机所采取的这一步是充满危险的一步。
答案：A
13．______，being seriously carried out all over the country，is the rule that every driver must obey.
A．Not allowed to drive after drinking
B．Not being allowed to drive after drinking
C．Allowed to drive after drinking
D．Not being allowed driving after drinking
解析：句意：酒后不许驾车是每个司机都必须遵循的规定，全国都在严格执行。由句意可知用ing的被动形式的否定式作主语。
答案：B
14．—Has your friend finished his book he referred to yet?
—I have no idea；he ______it last month.
A．was writing B．had been writing
C．has written D．wrote
解析：考查时态。此处用过去进行时表示“上一个月一直在写”。答语句意：我不知道，他上个月还在写。
答案：A
15．Thanks to the government’s policy of making people rich，______ the peasants are poor in China.
A．went away are the days when
B．away went the days which
C．gone are the days when
D．went are the days that
解析：正常语序是The days are gone.，when引导定语从句修饰the days。倒装的目的是为了平衡主从句。
答案：C
二、阅读理解
With the introduction of robots，our society will be complex.Great scientific achievements spring up constantly.Everything，living or non­living，will become unimaginable.In addition to this，the influence of robots is going to be great.It is true somehow，if robots will be designed in a very superior way then，there will be a chance of them doing harm to humans.
So，without knowing what robots are going to be，people are totally crazy about them.In fact some people have started collecting money in order to buy robots.Considering humans’overenthusiastic nature，it is unsure whether the robots will be liked or disliked but they will certainly be glorified.
科学技术飞速发展，机器人的世界会很快到来。人们对机器人的看法纷纭。
1．What do we know from the passage?
A．The era of using robots is about to arrive.
B．It’ll be many years before the robot world arrives.
C．We should not create the robots like humans.
D．Designing harmless robots is not as difficult as people think.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段．..humans are about to become the papa of robots that are like humans可知，答案为A项。
答案：A
2．Which of the following statements does the author agree with?
A．Most opinions on the robot world have been proved to be true.
B．Robots will take the place of humans in the near future.
C．There is a possibility that robots will rule over humans.
D．It is certain that robots will be servants in the future.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段We want them to be helpful and harmless or else they may decide to rule over us可知，答案为C项。
答案：C
3．The underlined word“ameliorating”in Paragraph 4 probably means“______”．
A．using new things
B．making something better
C．increasing the number
D．becoming very curious
解析：词义猜测题。根据后句Robots will become more perfect可推测出前句意为：“人们具有让他们的发明物更加完美的习惯。”ameliorate意为“改进”，故答案为B项。
答案：B
4．According to the passage，the author______.
A．thinks some people are highly interested in robots
B．doesn’t hope people are crazy about robots
C．criticizes humans’overenthusiastic nature
D．doubts whether robots will be put into the market
解析：推理判断题。根据末段In fact some people have started collecting money in order to buy robots可推断，答案为A项。
答案：A
B
Americans love their dogs and treat them well.They take their dogs for walks，let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.However，dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life.The expression，to lead a dog’s life，describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
Some people say we live in a dog­eat­dog world.That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.They say that to be successful，a person has to work like a dog.This means they have to work very，very hard.Such hard work can make people dog­tired.And，the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year.A rainstorm may cool the weather.But we do not want it to rain too hard.We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
本文介绍了许多与狗有关的习语，这些习语在人们的日常生活中被广泛使用。
5．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Some expressions related to dogs.
B．The impact of dogs on people’s life.
C．People’s attitudes towards their dogs.
D．People’s concern about their dogs.
解析：主旨大意题。本文介绍了许多跟狗有关的习语，这些习语已经在人们的日常生活中被广泛使用，故答案为A项。
答案：A
6．Which of the following sentences describes a person who is facing fierce competition?
A．He is letting sleeping dogs lie.
B．He is leading a dog’s life nowadays.
C．He is living in a dog­eat­dog world.

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